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H. O. RASNER & A. WALTON.

GEAR MOLDING DEVICE.

Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

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U TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY c. RASNER AND AUGUSTUS WALTON, OF sAN FnANcIscO, cAL.

GEAR-MOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,327, dated September 4, 1883. Application filedMaz-ch 19, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concer -n.-

Be it known that we, HENRY G. RAsNER and AUGUSTUS WALTON, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have in-. vented an Improved Gear-Molding Device, and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates. to an improved device to be used in molding gears of every description, andespecially large work terns, which are difficult todraw; and it consists of one or more radial arms and having one or moreteeth of the pattern so connected with their outer ends that they may be ad vanced or withdrawn in a radial line, to-

gethcr with means for moving and adjusting the parts, all of which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our device. Fig. 2 is a top vlew.

A is the bed of the mold, and B is a Vern-'- cal central spindle, around which the hub O and arms 0 D turn. One or more of these arms 0 D project horizontally from this hub,

and have extensions .E moving in guides upon their outer ends, so that they (the extensions) may be moved outwardly or inwardly in a radial line. Upon the outer end of each of these movable extensions E is supporteda section, F, ofthe pattern of the, gear or other article which is to be formed. The

extension E is moved by a screw, 6, engaging a thread in lug d, but turning loosely in lug d on arm D, by which a steadymovement can be given to it; and it may have gage-marks and a pin, G,

nicety. Around the central shaft or spindle is a disk or plate, H, having its periphery divided to correspond with the teeth or divisions to be made in the circumference of the I mold, and a pin or other device, I, holds the arms G D and the extension after each movement to anew section.

The operation will then be as follows: The bed of the mold having been prepared and the parts in place, the sand is built up and tamped against the outside of the pattern,

and when this has been finished the extension and pat extending a or other means for holding it in adjustment. and to give this adjustment more impossible to make in sand, such 'as gears having teeth inclined toward the center of the face from opposite edges, and other similar work. a i i The arms 0 D are preferably made in two parts, the outer one sliding upon the inner one, and the two secured by bolts D, as shown,

so that the apparatus may be adjusted to make different sizes of wheels. t

Different forms of teeth orpatterns may also be fixed uponthis extension, if desired, to suit the work to be done.

Having thus described our invention, what and desire to secure by Letwe claim as new, ters Patent, is-- l. Ina gear-molding machine,and in combination with a stationary bed and a central hub, 0,,one or more arms,,G D, projecting from said hub, and having a worm or screw and locking device, with extensions E fixed at the other end of the arms toothed patterns, as set forth.

2. In a gear-molding machine, a stationary bed, A, and a hub, C, with a vertical axis, B, an arm or arms, 0 D, extending outward from said hub, an extension, E, to which a pattern is attached, a worm or screw connected with the arms 0 D, so as to advance or withdraw said extension, and a lock by which this extension is gaged, in combination with a central graduated disk, H, fixed with relation to the arms so as to gage the distance to circumferentially which the pattern is moved for each'new operation, as set forth.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands.

' HENRY O. RASNER.

AUGUSTUS WALTON. Witnesses: I

S. H. N OURSE,

J. H. BLOOD.

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